About Me
Hey everyone,
For the longest time, we've been trying to turn JBB into something more than just a forum. We've been running off vBulletin for the past few years, and even though it's the best, most customizable messageboard system out there, it is still rather limiting. We've tried hacking it into a blog system. We've tried hacking an articles system and tried multiple versions of a frontpage. We've tried adding a number of other features that didn't even come close to making daylight because we did not want to risk our server stability and we did not have the resources.
The fact is, we couldn't be anything more than just another vBulletin site. We were not able to add anything new or exciting to separate us from other boards. As a result, our registration rates and user activity have become rather stagnant compared to previous years.
But that's all gonna change.
We've been in talks with another company that is backed by investors and has full-time programmers on staff. It's a new company, but they are gaining a lot of momentum. They have the staff, talent and resources to implement all the things we've ever wanted: scores, stats, news, contests -- all in real-time -- and a few other really cool features that I can't talk about at the moment.
Within the next couple weeks, JustBBall.com will officially merge with SportsTwo.com.
SportsTwo.com (as in Sports 2.0) will have all of the features I mentioned, for all of the major sports. These guys have already acquired several other sports communities, but we will be one of the first to merge with them. And when I say "merge," I mean we will all remain on staff there and we will represent the basketball community as JustBBall. Ian will play a big role with the upper management on the direction of the site. Hunter, Sean and I will continue to be administrators and our goal will remain the same -- to be the best basketball community on the net! And with the S2 technology, we'll be able to give you so much more than just a messageboard!
In the meantime, just sit back and keep doing your thing at JBB. There will be no need to go over there and register...your account will be migrated for you. Sometime over next couple weeks, you'll wake up to a new era of JustBBall.
Please feel free to ask us questions over AIM or in this thread.
Long live JBB!
-Mel
(JBB FORUM MEMBERS HERE ON MYSPACE, DO NOT RE-REGISTER YOUR JBB ACCOUNT AT SPORTSTWO.COM!, WE WILL BE TRANSFERRING EVERYTHING OVER TO THE NEW WEBSITE, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR CURRENT JBB USER NAME)
